Gearing.



G. LORENZ.

GEARING.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 1, 1910.

1,097,342. Patented May 19, 1914.

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GUSTAVE LORENZ, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

GEARING.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1914:.

Application filed August 1, 1910. Serial No. 574,950.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GUSTAVE LORENZ, citizenof the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamiltonand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGearing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in toy vehicles for juvenilesandembraces the construction of a gear driven vehicle having shiftinggears for increasing and decreasing the speed of the machine or vehicleduring its travel.

One of the objects of the improved device is the construction of meanswhereby the speed of a vehicle may be easily and quickly changed, whichwill be simple of design and operation.

\Vith the above and other objects in view the improved device embracescertain combinations, construct-ions and arrangements of parts, clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a. plan view of the vehicle, with the top board or platformremoved. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Referring to the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention 1denotes the frame of the vehicle, which is supported on the wheels 2, bythe front and rear axles 3 and at respectively. The rear axle 1 isprovided with a fixed bevel gear 5 which is enga ed by the gear 6,mounted on the rear end of the rod or shaft 7. The forward end of thisrod or shaft is provided with a bevel gear 8. The bevel gear 8 ispositioned between two shifting gears 9 and 10, which have annularportions 7 revoluble in corresponding grooves formed in the collars 8,said collars and gears being slidable on the spline 6 of the shaft 11.The gear 9 is considerably smaller than the gear 10 and is used when itis desired to propel the vehicle at its lowest speed. The collars 8 ofthe gears 9 and 10 are connected to the links 12 which are in turnpivoted to the bifurcated end of the lever 18, the upper end of whichprojects above the car or frame 1, and on which a handle 14 is mounted.By rocking the lever 13 the small gear may be moved toward or away fromthe fixed gear 8, as is the case also of the large gear 10, therebyincreasing the speed of the gear wheel 5, on the rear axle, when thevehicle is propolled.

In order to propel the vehicle, drive rods 15 and 16 are pivoted to thedisks 17, which are mounted on the outer ends of the rod or shaft 11.The forward ends of the rods 15 and 16 are provided with pedals 18 andare supported by the cranks 19 on the car or frame 1. By horizontallymoving the pedals and the rods 15 and 16 the shaft 11 may be rotated andmotion imparted to the rear axle and the vehicle driven or propelledover the road. The shifting gears are in closed by the housing or boxing20.

Having described my invention I claim In combination a shaft, two gearwheels on said shaft, a gear wheel at right angles to said shaft andarranged to mesh with either of said first-named gear wheels, a V-shaped member, having collars integral therewith, said collars slidingon said shaft and beingrevolubly connected to said gear wheels, a crankarm pivoted at one end to the apex portion of said l-shap-ed member, andan uprightpost integrally formed upon said crank and arranged to operatethe same.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in aresence of two witnesses.

GUS-TAVE LORENZ. lVitnesses HARRY A. RUST, MARY RUST.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, D. G.

